MARSTON'S ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-01 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
-86.1% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4M
0% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £3,800,000 | £3,800,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,800,000 | £3,800,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,800,000 | £2,900,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £43,800,000 | £6,100,000 | |
| Equity | £43,800,000 | £6,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-27 vs 2024-09-28
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-86.1%
£43,800,000 £6,100,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
0%
£3,800,000 £3,800,000
-
Profit before tax
0%
£3,800,000 £3,800,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 21.23x | 5.13x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MARSTON'S ACQUISITIONS LIMITED 2007-05-16 → present
- JENNINGS BROTHERS LIMITED 2005-10-20 → 2007-05-16
- JENNINGS BROTHERS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1887-07-20 → 2005-10-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate. This is based on an expectation that the Company and its ultimate parent group (the 'Group') (Marston's PLC) have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Ordinary dividends were paid during the current period amounting to £40.6m (2024: £nil).”
- “During the period the Company issued 141,359,276 ordinary shares of 25p each as a bonus issue which increased the Company's issued share capital by £35.3m.”
- “A share capital reduction was subsequently undertaken which resulted in the share capital account being reduced by £38.0m and a cancellation of its share premium of £5.8m.”
- “On 11 September 2025, the Company declared and distributed an interim dividend in kind of £40.6m to its immediate parent company, Marston's Corporate Holdings Limited, as a non-cash dividend through the transfer of an intercompany receivable due from Marston's Trading Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAYBOULD, Bethan | Secretary | 2021-10-05 | — | — |
| HANCOCK, Edward John | Director | 2008-12-19 | Feb 1975 | British |
| HOPSON, Stephen Robert | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
| LEACH, Robert Anthony | Director | 2021-10-05 | Mar 1971 | British |
| PLATT, Justin Mark | Director | 2024-01-12 | May 1971 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENNAN, Anne Marie | Secretary | 2005-05-20 | 2021-10-05 |
| COPSON, Richard Charles | Secretary | — | 1993-09-21 |
| COULSON, William Andrew | Secretary | 1993-10-26 | 1994-05-24 |
| FADIL, Susan Carol | Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-21 | 1993-10-26 |
| HODGSON, Mark Ian | Secretary | 2000-06-27 | 2005-11-30 |
| SWANSTON, Andrew John | Secretary | 1994-08-22 | 2000-06-27 |
| ANDREA, Andrew Andonis | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2023-11-17 |
| ANDREW, Derek | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-12-19 |
| ATKINSON, Keith Andrew | Director | 1996-11-07 | 1999-11-26 |
| BARTON, Robin Brendan | Director | 1993-10-04 | 2000-06-30 |
| BUSHBY, Thomas Albert | Director | — | 1999-01-26 |
| CATTO, Ralph Fergus | Director | 2000-11-28 | 2005-05-20 |
| CLAYTON, Michael Derek | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2005-05-20 |
| COPSON, Richard Charles | Director | — | 1993-09-21 |
| COULSON, William Andrew | Director | 1993-10-11 | 1994-05-24 |
| DARBY, Alistair William | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-12-19 |
| FINDLAY, Ralph Graham | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2021-10-02 |
| GALLAGHER, Desmond | Director | 2003-04-22 | 2004-11-30 |
| GREEN, Trevor Irwin | Director | — | 2000-01-28 |
| HOUGHTON, John | Director | 2000-12-07 | 2005-05-20 |
| INGLETT, Paul | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2009-03-31 |
| JACKSON, Iain Kenneth | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2010-06-10 |
| JACKSON, Iain Kenneth | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2020-04-07 |
| LANGFORD, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2010-05-31 |
| LEE, Philip George | Director | — | 1996-11-25 |
| LUPINO, Hayleigh | Director | 2021-10-05 | 2025-09-27 |
| MARSHALL, Donald | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2001-02-06 |
| OLIVER, Stephen John | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-12-19 |
| RUDGARD, John Kennish | Director | 1998-05-11 | 2005-05-20 |
| SANDS, John Robert | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2005-05-20 |
| STARKIE, Roland | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| STEVENSON, David Robert | Director | 2003-08-11 | 2005-05-20 |
| SWANSTON, Andrew John | Director | 1996-11-07 | 2001-02-06 |
| THOMAS, Brian | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2011-10-01 |
| WHITTAKER, William | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| WRIGHT, Malcolm | Director | 2001-02-07 | 2005-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marston's Corporate Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-03 | Active |
| Marston's Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 889 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-09-09 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.